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to think other mums forums are mostly poop?

186 replies

faroffsomewhere · 17/04/2008 16:28

Mumsnet seems to be the only one where people are witty with banter.
I've not found another where you can talk as you do in real life.
They often are full of things which just aren't like true conversation.
Or maybe it's ME

OP posts:
Saggarmakersbottomknocker · 18/04/2008 18:01

Bad Mothers Club is OK. They put up with a few of us for a wee while when MN was down.

Lauriefairycake · 18/04/2008 18:03

yes Posie, I could also be starting weaning at oh............six weeks or something

PosieParker · 18/04/2008 18:15

Potty training at six months, with discipline!!

PosieParker · 18/04/2008 18:17

Mothersucker, great name!! or Neverwantedthis.... How about returning to Escort work after one week of the baby's birth by EC at 36 weeks because it's right for your schedule!!!

ImflightbutIcantlogintoday · 18/04/2008 18:23

I'm an Ovusoft refugee.

Never looked back...the girls were nice but the signatures were sparkly as a night out in hell.

northernrefugee39 · 18/04/2008 18:41

Layriefairy at mother sucker

nappyaddict · 18/04/2008 19:27

what is BC, MC and PAM?

PosieParker · 18/04/2008 19:33

Birth control, miscarriage and Pregnant after miscarriage??

nappyaddict · 18/04/2008 19:48

ohhhhhh i thought cmot was referring to different websites not one website

PosieParker · 18/04/2008 19:51

I may be wrong??

cmotdibbler · 19/04/2008 11:55

Sorry - BabyCentre, and their boars Miscarriage, and Pregnant after Miscarriage. Brain wasn't in gear.

Having a picture of your SB baby isn't in any more poor taste than having pictures of your living children on your sig in my opinion. For some people, these forums are the only place that they get to acknowledge the pregnancies and children that they have lost, as in RL your freinds and relatives often want to just ignore the subject and pretend they never existed.

PosieParker · 19/04/2008 19:09

But this was on a birth board full of first time mothers, I don't think it should ever be ignored but I'm not sure what is already a worrying time should be made any more so. I don't share stories with my friends who are expecting about terrible experiences of others that they don't know, it's just not right. Besides noone would post a picture of a dead person so why is a dead baby okay?

nappyaddict · 19/04/2008 19:30

my friend has a picture of her SB baby on facebook. if you have a SB baby - the only photos you can have are when they are dead. it is different to posting a photo of a dead person cos you would have other photos of them when they were alive.

PosieParker · 19/04/2008 19:35

Two of my best friends have pictures in their living rooms and one frequently refers to her dd as she is her only child, one on the way, but to post it in a birth club is just not considerate of other expectant mothers, IMHO.

3madboys · 19/04/2008 19:37

i dont like sites with tickers.......

i use badmothersclub a lot, and have met some fab people from there, I LOVE IT, bmc and mumsnet are the only two parenting sites i use

nappyaddict · 19/04/2008 19:39

i heard you have to pay to use BMC. is it a lot?

3madboys · 19/04/2008 19:41

they just started subscriptions and its £12 for the year, so no not much at all and its WELL worth it

also newbies get so many months for free, and you can read it all just not post or see profiles etc unless you pay hth

nappyaddict · 19/04/2008 19:43

hmmm i'll stick to MN's £5 i could get 2 years membership plus a bit more for BMC's one year

PosieParker · 19/04/2008 19:44

'eh? I have to pay?

CristinaTheAstonishing · 20/04/2008 09:51

You do not have a stillborn baby just because you've seen a photo of one on a website. Perhaps people should hide their children with Down syndrome as well, because pregnant mums are too stupid to know it's not infectious and they might get worried and...voila... it affects their offspring too.

Jacanne · 20/04/2008 10:26

There was a thread on here last night for mothers who had lost very little ones - having read some of the posts I can see why a grieving Mum would like to include pictures of all her babies on her ticker.

Jacanne · 20/04/2008 10:34

My other "home" is I want my Mum - I guess it would be considered fluffy because we have tickers and avatars but we defintely don't do "huns" It's a very pro-BF site and pulls no punches with regards to articles and references to the benefits of BM over formula BUT it is a very very supportive site if you are having difficulties BF but want to continue (much in the same vein as Tiktok and HM). I thought it was the only place I could feel comfortable with regards to EBF but was presently surprised to find it so common on MN too.

It's kind of a baby wearing, cloth nappies type site (lol, though I don't do either of those) so I guess would be described as a bit lentil weavery .

trixterminxy · 06/05/2008 14:34

now now PosieParker, I think you flounced off BC rather than deflected as the constant pious gloating about your wealth and distasteful comments about benefit scroungers became too much for even the fluffiest of posters.

I believe you do have a photo on your BC identity as well?

Nocca · 06/05/2008 14:48

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PosieParker · 06/05/2008 20:37

Trixterminxy, I really think you have me confused with someone else.... you must be one of the weird widdies on that I saw on babycentre... I would love to know who you think I am though. As I had only just joined due to my latest pregnancy you'd be a mind reader to connect me with my profile and no I had no photo, just a nappy pin.